Monitoring the deformation with GPS CRL School 2018 Monitoring the deformation with GPS

The rift of Corinth The western rift of Corinth is the fastest extending area in Europe and one of the fastest in the world.

1968-2018: 50 years of plate tectonics theory Le Pichon,1968

Plate tectonics measured by GPS Global Strain Rate project (http://gsrm2.unavco.org/)

Western Mediterranean geodynamics

Geodynamics in Greece

Western Greece geodynamics

How do we acquire GPS data ? Campaign point

How do we acquire GPS data ? Permanent station LIDO

The GPS array in the Corinth rift Observatory Permanent Campaign

How the deformation is distributed ?

Localisation of the deformation

What is needed to make observations ? Ideas of what we want to measure and why Decision of the spatial extension of the area to be monitored Equipment Attention and calm A good team